Ramon and Gagarin
Ramon was born on June 20,1954. (Y.G. was born 12th April, 1961)
Grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel (Y.G. Grew up in Russia). In 1972, Ramon graduated from high school and in 1987, during a long and highly distinguished career in the Israeli Air Force, he received his bachelor of science degree in electronics and computer engineering from Tel Aviv University.
In 1974, Ramon graduated as a fighter pilot from the Israel Air ForceFlight School.
From 1974-1976, he participated in A-4 Basic Training and Operations and from 1976-1980 he took part in Mirage III-C training and operations.
(Y.G.At the age of 16 in 1950, Gagarin entered into an apprenticeship as a foundryman at the Lyubertsy Steel Plant near Moscow)
In 1980, as one of the IAF's establishment team of the first F-16 Squadron in Israel, he attended the F-16 Training Course at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
(Y.G. enrolled at a local "young workers" school for seventh grade evening classes)
From 1981-1983, he served as the Deputy Squadron Commander B, F-16 Squadron. From 1983-1987, he attended Tel Aviv University.
(Y.G. After graduating in 1951 from both the seventh grade and the vocational school ,he was selected for further training at the Saratov Industrial Technical School)
From 1988-1990, he served as Deputy Squadron Commander A, F-4 Phantom
Squadron. During 1990, he attended the Squadron Commanders Course.
(Y.G. volunteered for weekend training as a Soviet air cadet at a local flying club, where he learned to fly — at first in a biplane and later in a Yak-18 trainer.)
From 1990-1992, he served as Squadron Commander, F-16 Squadron.
From 1992-1994, he was Head of the Aircraft Branch in the Operations Requirement Department.
In 1994, Ramon was promoted to the rank of Colonel and assigned as Head of the Department of Operational Requirement for Weapon Development and Acquisition.
In 1997, Colonel Ramon was selected by NASA to serve as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. In July 1998, he reported for training at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.
(Y.G. was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.) The seven member crew of STS 107, including Col. Ramon, successfully launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia at 10:39 a.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003, for a 16-day missio. During the mission, Ramon conducted a number of experiments and the flight was considered a great success.
Tragically, just minutes before landing on February 1, the Columbia exploded; Ramon and the six American astronauts aboard with him were killed.
(Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed. The Yuri Gagarin Medal is awarded in his honor.)
Grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel (Y.G. Grew up in Russia). In 1972, Ramon graduated from high school and in 1987, during a long and highly distinguished career in the Israeli Air Force, he received his bachelor of science degree in electronics and computer engineering from Tel Aviv University.
In 1974, Ramon graduated as a fighter pilot from the Israel Air ForceFlight School.
From 1974-1976, he participated in A-4 Basic Training and Operations and from 1976-1980 he took part in Mirage III-C training and operations.
(Y.G.At the age of 16 in 1950, Gagarin entered into an apprenticeship as a foundryman at the Lyubertsy Steel Plant near Moscow)
In 1980, as one of the IAF's establishment team of the first F-16 Squadron in Israel, he attended the F-16 Training Course at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
(Y.G. enrolled at a local "young workers" school for seventh grade evening classes)
From 1981-1983, he served as the Deputy Squadron Commander B, F-16 Squadron. From 1983-1987, he attended Tel Aviv University.
(Y.G. After graduating in 1951 from both the seventh grade and the vocational school ,he was selected for further training at the Saratov Industrial Technical School)
From 1988-1990, he served as Deputy Squadron Commander A, F-4 Phantom
Squadron. During 1990, he attended the Squadron Commanders Course.
(Y.G. volunteered for weekend training as a Soviet air cadet at a local flying club, where he learned to fly — at first in a biplane and later in a Yak-18 trainer.)
From 1990-1992, he served as Squadron Commander, F-16 Squadron.
From 1992-1994, he was Head of the Aircraft Branch in the Operations Requirement Department.
In 1994, Ramon was promoted to the rank of Colonel and assigned as Head of the Department of Operational Requirement for Weapon Development and Acquisition.
In 1997, Colonel Ramon was selected by NASA to serve as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. In July 1998, he reported for training at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.
(Y.G. was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.) The seven member crew of STS 107, including Col. Ramon, successfully launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia at 10:39 a.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003, for a 16-day missio. During the mission, Ramon conducted a number of experiments and the flight was considered a great success.
(Y.G. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.)
Tragically, just minutes before landing on February 1, the Columbia exploded; Ramon and the six American astronauts aboard with him were killed.
(Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed. The Yuri Gagarin Medal is awarded in his honor.)
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